above the bay or ocean or try kayak- to experience the island’s natural Chincoteague experience by enjoying
ing, surfing, windsurfing or boating. wildlife. all kinds of restaurants, shops, craft
If you want to try your luck fishing Here, the island’s famous wild galleries and one-of-a-kind museums.
(and Ocean City happens to be home ponies roam the beaches and dunes. There’s also camping, crabbing, fish-
to the largest white marlin tournament Legend has it that the ponies are ing, kayaking, canoeing, hiking and
in the country), there’s both bay fish- descendants of horses that survived bicycling.
ing where you can cast a line from the shipwreck of a Spanish galleon
fishing piers or the beach, and deep or were brought to the New World by Bay Beaches and More
sea fishing, with boats available for early settlers.
rental. Whatever their origin, these mag- In Maryland, so-called “bay” beaches
nificent animals can be glimpsed up front the Chesapeake Bay, and they
Assateague Island National Seashore close by beach goers. Visit in July for are plentiful.
the annual Pony Swim and Auction, Bay beaches on the western shore
Besides Ocean City (known as where cowboys round up the ponies include Sandy Point State Park, within
an ocean beach because it fronts the on Assateague and swim them across eyesight of the Bay Bridge and Flag
Atlantic Ocean), Maryland has more to Chincoteague. Ponds Nature Center in Calvert
than its share of wonderful beaches In addition to the expansive beach, County, where the beach is known
across the state. Assateague operates two visitor cen- nationwide for shell and even fossil
Another well known “ocean” beach ters and has miles of hiking trails, hunting.
in Maryland is Assateague Island including one which allows active Other great beaches to check out
National Seashore, a 37-mile-long bar- types to hike up to the top of the include the Hammerman area of
rier island seashore south of Ocean Assateague lighthouse. Gunpowder Falls State Park, which is
City in Worcester County. More of Nearby, the National Wildlife big for windsurfing and Hart Miller
a place to chill, rather than see and Refuge in Chincoteague includes Island State Park, which is ideal for
be seen, its pristine beaches and more than 14,000 acres of beach, water lovers since it’s accessible only
unspoiled scenery are a peaceful place dunes, birds and wildlife. Broaden the by boat.
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